If a telephone is a girl's best friend, a mobile phone is a boy's. Women may still dominate telephones at home, but men use their mobile phones 35 percent more than do women, according to a survey.
The United State's second-largest mobile phone service provider -- Cingular Wireless -- said men used their mobile phones an average of 372 minutes a month, compared with 275 minutes for women.
They are also the heaviest users of wireless plans with a lot of minutes.
The survey, conducted by International Communications Research, found that 20.2 percent of men use 600 minutes a month or more, significantly more than the 9.9 percent of women who use the same number of minutes.
"The evidence is clear--men are the big gabbers of the wireless world," Greg Roberts, director of segment marketing for Cingular Wireless, said in a news release.
The survey also found that women use their mobile phones for personal calls more than men, while men use their phones more for business.
